Blinkx, a searchable index of Web video, announced on Wednesday that it has now accumulated 4 million hours of video content, making its Web video search engine more comprehensive than those offered by both Google and Yahoo. San Francisco-based Blinkx said it now serves over 3.5 million video search queries each day. The company’s content […]

If the thought of choosing between Blu-ray and HD DVD is already giving you a headache, hope may be at hand with the news that Samsung is considering producing a twin-format machine for release later this year. A spokesman for the company is quoted on DigitalWorld Tokyo as saying: “We don’t have a plan to […]

H2O Audio, a maker of waterproof cases for iPods and other MP3 players, on Tuesday introduced its $89 waterproof case for Apple’s fifth-generation video iPods. The case includes full control of the scroll wheel and is submersible up to 10 ft. when paired with the company’s $39 waterproof headphones Links: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060613/latu062.html?.v=54 http://www.h2oaudio.com

Filmmaker David Lynch on Tuesday launched a mobile storefront that offers ringtones, voicetones, wallpapers and other content based on his films. The first offering includes ringtones based on his “Dumbland” animation series, sound effects from his film “Eraserhead,” original music composed by Lynch, and favorite sayings. Wallpapers will sell for $1.99, while ringtones will cost […]

So, you thought your 3.4GHz PC was pretty nifty eh? Well, I don_t want to rain on your parade but the white coats at IBM and Georgia Institute of Technology have just succeeded in getting a silicon-germanium (Si-Ge) transistor to operate at frequencies above 500GHz. Mind you, I wouldn_t worry too much about it coming […]

Are you constantly upgrading your mobile phone? Always wanting the latest personal audio player? Can’t buy a new laptop for fear there’s something better out there? Then you might well be a neophiliac. According to new research reported by Media Life magazine, neophiliacs are people who are addicted to the new. And according to the study […]

Software and technology company Adobe Systems has announced that it has agreed a deal with Google to distribute the search engine giant’s toolbar with Adobe products. The move comes following a similar deal between Google and computer manufacturer Dell last month, with analysts speculating the deals could be motivated by the impending release of Microsoft’s […]

Opera Software rolled out version 9.0 of its free Web browser across 25 languages on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms. The release adds a number of major new features, including widgets and support for BitTorrent downloads. Widgets are small mini-applications that typically run inside another program. The basic idea is to enable developers […]

The New York Times recently reported on a ringtone gaining popularity with students, which uses a high-pitched frequency inaudible to most adults as a means of circumventing classroom bans on calls and text messages. Students reportedly borrowed the idea from an invention called the Mosquito, which blares the 17-kilohertz frequency outside of convenience stores in […]

Epic Records recording artist Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” broke the single-week download sales record last week, The New York Times reported on Monday. The song, which sold 266,500 downloads at online retailers, was not initially included on the album “Oral Fixation Vol. 2,” but was added as part of a recent re-release of the album. […]

Most Internet users do not eat, sleep, and breathe authentication. Many don’t know what “authentication” means. Some can’t even spell the word. But everyone who has used the Internet for more than five minutes understands the feeling of overwhelming suckitude that descends when confronted by yet another web site that requires you to create an […]

A micro system technology laboratory under the government-backed Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently unveiled a wireless flying mouse, which can be moved and rotated in the air for 3-dimension object manipulation. With the 3D device mounted on wrist, users can play interactive computer games and make presentations wirelessly. Five joy-stick suppliers including KYE Systems Corp. […]

China’s software outsourcing market increased about 44 percent in the first quarter of 2006 to 2.6 billion renminbi, or about US$322 million, from the same year-ago period, says a report from market research firm Analysis International. Free IT resource Japan, which has a decade-long outsourcing relationship with China, still accounts for the majority of China’s […]

Microsoft is expected to kick off its “PowerLine Initiative” next month to deliver Windows on a pay-as-you-go basis for emerging markets. The initiative, driven by Microsoft’s New Business and Products Group (NBPG), will release the first version of prepaid and subscription Windows in a number of emerging economies that could include Brazil, India, Hungary, Russia, […]

Software-as-a-service, or SaaS for short, beats out open-source and offshoring as the most disruptive aspect of the software industry, and the one that will most benefit IT users in the years ahead. At least, that’s the consensus from within the industry itself, as expressed by a parade of participants at the Software Strategy Summit held […]